How can I recursively apply chmod 777 to a folder and all its contents?

chmod 777 chmod 777 makes a filefolder readable, write-able and executable by everyone. So essentially on your site folder, you have given everyone permission to write to that folder, so you have. You can type chmod 777, leave a space after it, and then drag the file or folder from Finder into Terminal. Terminal will fill in the correct path for you.

at777 apk, chmod is used to change the permissions of the actual file. When you execute chmod 777, you are allowing RWX (read, write, execute) access to owners, groups,.